SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is employed to confirm whether an e-mail message is sent by an authorized server. Using SPF protection for a domain name will prevent the counterfeiting of emails created with the domain. In simple words: activating this attribute for a domain name creates a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP addresses of the servers which are permitted to send e-mail messages from mail boxes under the domain. As soon as this record propagates worldwide, it exists on all of the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Any time an email message is sent, the first DNS server it uses checks whether it originates from an official server. In the event it does, it is sent to the destination address, but if it does not originate from a server part of the SPF record for the domain, it is rejected. Thus nobody can mask an email address then make it look as if you are distributing spam. This method is also known as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

SPF protection can be enabled for any domain hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with only a couple of mouse-clicks. The feature can be found in the Emails section of our outstanding Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to use it is to choose one of your domains from a drop-down menu and then type in the hostnames plus the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers that will be certified to send messages from your emails. As an additional option you may also restrict the messages to be sent from your domain name only when it includes our MX records, i.e. if our servers handle the email addresses for it, not a third-party provider. This solution will give you the top level of safety, but it's not applicable when only your site is on our servers while your email addresses for the domain name are managed somewhere else. Regardless, our SPF protection service will keep your emails secure from being used for spam or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which is provided with our semi-dedicated hosting plans, will provide you with an extremely user-friendly interface to activate the SPF security service for any domain that you host in your new account. A few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia are enough for that then you will only have to type in the hostname and the IP address of the mail server which will be allowed to send messages from your email addresses. If the email messages are taken care of by us and not by another provider, you are able to raise the protection level even more and benefit from an option for the outgoing e-mail messages to be sent only if your domains feature our MX records. This option will give you better control and it'll eliminate any chance of anybody counterfeiting your email addresses with the objective of spamming and / or scamming people. It is not applicable if just your website is on our advanced cloud website hosting platform, while your emails are managed by a different service provider. If you are not sure what features to pick, our technical support team will assist you 24/7.